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 “Oh?” Seems these Meeboos were far more.. lively than Meztli thought. Enough so to make comment on it from their creator at least. She helped hand over the poor malfunctioning thing into Mayer’s hands, noticing that arm of hers as they parted a few steps away.

“They’re important to you, I understand it.” She’d hold her curiosity for now, curious to see what Mayer might be, playing them on the table, acting a little bashful from admitting things, all to extend that arm out again.

Taking their hand Meztli would hold on for a moment, her other hand moving to her chin, posing a thinking person’s posture before speaking. “Ranar Meztli, I must say I’ve never seen an exoskeleton like this, it must wrap amazingly snug around your arm.”

“Is it not uncomfortable?”

It didn’t bother her when she noticed the other staring; that was something she’d long been used to, really. Whether it was because of her armor, or her over-activeness, as well as the way she carried herself and wasn’t afraid to impose things on others- she tended to attract attention.

Ready to pull back, Mayer paused as Meztli didn’t release her grip- instead, the doctor seemed to be focused on that special augment of hers. The Anaty didn’t mind of course, she’d just smile and respond. “ Meztli, huh. You have an eye for robotics? Well, this might surprise you but... “

With her other hand, Mayer would reach for her shoulder, and after a series of hidden buttons being pressed and the release of several locks... The entire limb came off, handing it over to her guest to look closer at.

“ I lost my arm a while ago. It took a long time to figure it out, and a LOT of frustration... but I think ‘KQ’ is a pretty solid arm. “ “ ... I’ll need it back after you’re done, though, haha- “

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LEAVE HER BABY ALONE!

Where’s that detonator at!?

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Slipping past the canons, Saria finds a mostly uncovered beanbag chair in Mayer's workshop / room and plops herself there. She doesn't even greet Mayer, just the one or two Meeboos that come up to her, before pulling out her laptop and working on it.

There’s the loud slurping of a drink from a cup as Mayer’s focus remains on her current project- of course she heard the door opening, and of course it could be someone random like a lost recruit or someone looking for the right department... but her air cannon that she still hadn’t remembered to put away didn’t go off, and the Meeboo that had been on her table excitedly leaped down to greet whoever it was.

Meaning it was either Silence and Saria, and the only reason Silence would be here was to talk to the engineer. So by process of elimination, it would be the Vouivre...

There was a tap on her desk that was uncharacteristic to the other sounds that normally filled her workshop, before the Anaty tossed a can of energy drink Saria’s way- and then turning right back to continue what she was doing.

As per usual, their typical get-togethers.

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“Hmm?” Seeing this girl go from almost uninterested, not even looking, to seeing her suddenly light up once her funny Meeboo was sighted. “Found the poor thing near weapon’s testing, seems like they might of gotten EMP’d, or something at least that’s interfering with their systems.”

“Saw some tablets nearby fried, lucky thing really.” It could of been worse, considering the type of equipment over there, no electronic device was safe from such a electrical surge after all.

“Your.. baby?”

“ EMP!? Oooohhh, Uubee- I should just leave the ditz as is, maybe he’ll learn his lesson about going close there... “

With that augmented limb of hers, Meztli would be relieved of the weight of that malfunctioning Meeboo as Mayer took it away. A hidden compartment on its chassis was pulled up, the Anaty’s hand inside before her Robotter suddenly deactivated, and now she carried him over to her table, ready to disassemble and make repairs.

But first, her ‘guest’. “ Ha? Yeah- these little guys are my pride and joy. If anything happens to them, I can’t afford too much to let them get totally wasted, so when stuff like this happens, I uh... well you saw, haha. “

Mayer would awkwardly cough into her fist before extending her robotic limb again, this time to shake the Surgeon’s hand. “ Thank you for retrieving him, I appreciate that a lot. My name’s Mayer, it’s a pleasure. “

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As usual through her day, that door of hers would open and close as people came in and left- typically, it would just be Saria crashing in any seat that wasn’t covered in scrap or projects, or Silence fretting over any number of personal matters going on. So when it opened, Mayer wouldn’t bother to turn around- she just assumed it was one of the regulars.

The Meeboo- named Uubee, judging by the name stamped on its side- had been previously used in an experiment involving lightning, so it was no wonder any stray electricity left uncontrolled would cause errors in its systems. Thankfully, Meztli was there to help it.

Hearing a strange but familiar whirring sound, something that WASN’T commonly heard during her down time, and the voice of a stranger, the Anaty would turn from her desk- and gasp, loudly. Her baby!!!

“ What happened to Uubee!? My poor baby- where did you find him? Did he cause any trouble? “

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The door slipped open suddenly, no announcing one’s arrival, no knocking or any calling out to whoever might be busy inside. She could of, but she was more focused on trying to keep this Meeboo in her arms.

It kept trying to bump forward, all bugged out after a static discharge from the weapon’s testing room. It seemed like it was just carrying some papers from one person to another, not that Meztli looked, she only spotted it bumping its head ruthlessly into the wall trying to go somewhere.

“Is anyone home? Your little pupper seems a bit, rowdy.” Meztli made herself known, the Meeboo trying to still walk forward despite being held upwards.

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She smells burning electronics...

Her babies are in danger.

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Was she on life support? … No, no she was just being dramatic. Rhine Labs was hardly ever a dangerous place after all, and it was rare for any employee to suffer an injury, given that most were highly intelligent and knew better.

There was nothing they could do, however, for employees that were hyper-intelligent and did it anyway.

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“ It was!! It was without a doubt! Don’t act like I’m dumb for laughing!! “

“That-That wasn’t supposed to be funny! Mayer!”

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Sits Mayer down in a chair.

"Stay put. Miss Closure will no doubt face repercussions for this behaviour, you've no need to stick your nose in."

Stay put. Stay put. Stay put and listen to that sweet angel's treads squeal in strain at that fat, obnoxious vampire's shenanigans-

" No! No, I'm putting a stop to this, RIGHT NOW! "

There was that impulsiveness the Anaty was known for. She worked hard with her modifications to Therm, she wasn't about to let Closure break him for something silly.

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" No baby, don't push it- Therm, stop moving! Sit in idle mode, you'll break yourself at this rate! "

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Lancet is, quite pathetically, slowly moving and bumping into walls in the hallway. It seems SOMEONE -cough Closure cough- thought it would be funny to disable her optics and let her loose on the ark.

Every collision is accompanied by a flustered "Sorry." to nobody in particular.

It's getting real sad real fast.

“ Oh for- HOW’S A ROBOT SUPPOSED TO DO ITS JOB IF YOU DISABLE ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS, FOR FUCK SAKE!!! “

Lancet will find her treads halting as a small horde of Meeboos disable her motors via small, specialized cables distributing concentrated electrical charges. Thereby giving Mayer more than enough time to crack into her chassis and get to work re-enabling her optic systems.

“ Lancet, sweetheart, did she hurt you? Walk me through your feelings, I’ll fix you up... “

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She can only do so much for Lancet, but Therm was her baby, and NOBODY was touching her baby.

So she's working on several 'failsafes' to install in him. Upgrades, just in case the 'enemy' try to hack into him.

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"Mayer, what on Terra..." She plucks something out of Mayer's hair. It's... It's a bolt. It's a gently smouldering bolt that had gotten caught in her hair. Silence frowns, bewildered, as she tilts her head to look at the bolt and then at Mayer. She holds up the metal object, shaking her hand slightly for emphasis. "Mayer? What on Terra, Mayer? Are you hurt?"

Press, hold the button, let go, repeat. She ran this cycle in her head over and over and over until it’d stay there. For anyone to make a mistake with their Meeboos, the last person you’d ever expect it to be is Mayer.

And yet, everyone makes mistakes it seems.

Unfortunately, the bigger mistake would be running into Silence afterwards. Mayer’s clothes were damaged, dark, smokey spots dotted her skin from the explosion, and her augment seemed a little scuffed- but overall? Thankfully unharmed. It just meant she’d be getting a lecture from this owl... again. 

The Anaty would sit in somewhat embarrassed silence as she watched her associate pluck the spare metal from her hair, fiddling around with her fingers as she avoided eye contact- maybe it was a little more serious than initially thought.. Mayer almost never acted like this.

“ I, um... had a little accident, and... I’m okay, I wasn’t hurt! It just... “

“ ... I... leaned on my desk and... forgot I had the detonator there... “

Ouch. A blow to her pride.

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“ ... “

“ . . . “

“ ... yes. “

@lutralabs​ said: mayer vc i’ll. try to find a way around this.

“for my sake or hers …”

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Takes a sip of her coffee.

Imagine thinking you could slip by her.

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" Get her ass, Therm! "

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Maaaayer! Do you have, at all, a favourite creation of yours!?

... is it hard to tell? Could people not notice what she’s devoted the last few years of her life towards? Maybe she wasn’t working hard enough and people just weren’t able to notice.  Sigh. Looks like she’ll have to double her efforts to get people to notice.

With her index and thumb put together, she slipped her fingers into her lips and whistled loudly, as hard as she could, before standing there. Waiting.

The sudden clatter of tiny metal feet announced the arrival of a sudden horde of Robotters, all hopping around and acting independently, excited having been summoned by their creator.

“ Does THAT answer your question? “